Rockstar Games’ GTA 6 release date delayed to 2026: What fans need to know about potential delay

Grand Theft Auto VI, or GTA 6, much-anticipated and previously planned to release in 2025, might actually delay forward. In a recent exclusive report, Liam, the staff of GTA Base, who earlier accurately predicted major components of the series, now speculates that the release date could be pushed to 2026. These reports emerge from claims by a number of developers from two studios that Rockstar Games wants more time to develop this game.

Liam’s post seems to confirm the delay in the release schedule, taken from “multiple developers across two studios.” With this new update, it certainly looks like Rockstar Games is trying to take a little more time to develop the game according to their standards, shifting the release window to early or mid-2026. That would constitute a delay from the previously announced Q3/Q4 2025 window, although fairly minor in the grand scheme of things.

Impact on PC release timeframe

The rumor also mentions the release timeline for PC, supposedly 12–18 months after the release of console variants. If that is the case, it might be that PC users will need to wait until 2027. Additionally, this extends the wait time for PC gamers eager to play the game on their systems. This extra time falls right into Rockstar’s traditional strategy, whereby it first releases and gets the time to optimize and adapt across various platforms.

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Looking ahead

It’s best to take these rumors with a pinch of salt. Liam’s history makes the rumors a bit more plausible, but until Rockstar Games says something, there is nothing official. The developing studio hardly comments on rumors about an upcoming project and typically keeps in touch with concrete news that arrives through official channels. Major announcements or confirmations likely won’t happen until the end of this week at the earliest.

For now, fans should prepare for a longer wait, but they can be confident that Rockstar Games will deliver a polished and engaging experience when GTA 6 finally launches. As usual, constant keeping an eye for the latest news from Rockstar will give the best information about the release date and other news on this game.

Watch Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer 1 here: